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THE CALENDAR FÖR 1907
JUNE-30 DAYS
SUNRISE
SUNSET
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE
Ist......
.5h. 39m.
6h. 51m.
1905
1906
15th........
.5h. 39m.
6h. 07m.
Maximum
.85.0
87.2
Minimum
.77.4 79.8
Mean
.81.1 82.4
MOON'S PHASES
d. h.
m.
BAROMETER, 1906
Last Quarter 3
1
20
P.M.
Mean...
.29.79
New Moon 11
7
50
A.M.
First Quarter 19
10
55
A .M.
1905
RAINFALL
Full Moon
26
5
17
A.M.
19.695 inches
1906 5.895 inches
DAYS OF DAys or ❘ 4 and
WEEK MONTH MOONS
Sat.
1
21
Sun.
2
22
Mon.
3
23
Tues. 4
24
Wed,
25
Thur. 6
26
Frid.
7
27
Sat.
8
28
Sun.
9
29
Mon. 10
30
Tues. 11
1
Wed. 12
2
Thur. 13
3
Frid.
14
4
Sat.
15
5
Sun. 16
6
Mon. 17
7
Tues. 18
Wed. 19
9
Thur. 20
10
Frid.
21
11
Sat.
22
Sun.
Mon.
Tues
Wed.
Thur.
Frid.
Sat.
Sun.
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12
23
13
24
14
25
15
26
16
27
17
28
18
29
19
30
20
Curoxology of Remarkable EVENTS
Attempt to blow up the Hongkong Hotel, 1808. New Opium Agreement between Hongkong and China came into force, 1887. Auti-foreign riot at Tanyang, 1891 Canton-Sâmshui Railway completed.
1ST AFTER TRINITY. Hongkong connected with London by wire, 1871. Formal transfer
of Formosa from China to Japan, 1895 Revs. Norman and Robinson murdered, 1900, Earthquake at Manila, killing more than 2,000 persons, 1883. Death of Sir Arthur Kennedy, 1853. Russell & Co. suspend payment, 1891. Kelung taken possession of by Japanese, 1895.
Treaty between France and Corea signed at Seoul, 1880. West River opened, 1897.
Departure of the first O. & O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco, 1875. Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsueh, 1891
Communication with Peking cut off, 1900,
Heavy rains in Hongkong, property to the value of £500,000 destroyed, and many lives
lost, 1804.
Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang, 1891.
Destruction of Mission premises at Wusich by anti-foreign mob, 1891.
2nd AFTER TRINITY, Suspension of New Oriental Bank, 1892. The P. & O. steamer
"Aden wrecked off Söcotra, 78 lives lost, 1997.
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Typhoon at Formosa; loss of several vessels, 1876. Admiral Seymour starts for
Peking, 1991,
Portuguese prohibited trading at Canton, 1640.
Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872.
British steamer "Carisbrooke" fired into and captured by Chinese Customs cruiser 1875. Imperial Ediet condemning attacks on Foreigners, 1891, Baron von Ketteler German Minister, murdered in Peking, 198,
Russo-Chinese Treaty, 1728. Battle of Telissu (Russo-Japan War), Russians defeated with
a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns, 1904.
Tidal Wave, Japan, 25,000 lives lost, 1890. British barque "Cæsar” and Danish schoone, "Carl” taken by pirates off Pedro Blanca, 1886. Hope Dock opened at Aberdeen 1867. Russian squadron sauk Japanese transport Hitachi, badly injured. Sado, 1904. 3RD AFTER TRINITY. Woosung taken, 1842.
First foreign-owned junk leavesChungking, 1991. Capture of Taku Forts by Allies, 1939.
Explosion of the "Union Star" at Shanghai. 17 persons killed and 10 wounded, 1832
Disastrous inundation at Foochow, 2,000 lives lost, 1877.
Shanghai occupied by British forces, 1842,
Macartney's embassy arrived in China, 1793. Attack on mission premises at Haimen
city, 1891.
Massacre at Tientsin, 1870,
Canton blockaded by English forces, 1840. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebra"
tion, 1897.
4TH AFTER TRINITY. Ki-ying visits Hongkong, 1843. Shock of Earthquake in Hongkong, 1871. French troops surprised by Chinese near Langson, 1884. Russin Baltic Fleet, after remaining six weeks in Tonkin waters sailed from Kamrank Bay northward, 1905. Assassination of M. Carnot, President of the French Republic, 1994. Treaty of Nanking
exchanged, 1843. Attack on British Legation at Tokyo, 1862.
Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin, 1858. Additional Convention
between France and China signed at Peking, 1887.
Treaty between France and China signed, 1858. Confiscation of the str. "Prince Albert "
by the British Consul and Customs at Canton, 1866.
Agreement effected between Great Britain and the United States for reciprocal protection.
of British and American Trade Marks in China, 1°06,
The Foreign Ministers admitted to an audience of the Emperor of China at Peking, 1873,
Indian Mints closed to silver, 1893.
5TH AFTER Trinity. British expedition to China arrived, 1840. Opening of a section of the Shanghai & Woosung Railway, 1870. Flooding of the Takasima coal mines, 1891-
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